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Boundary redrawing: Election process for Pabna-1, Pabna-2 suspended

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- The Election Commission has decided to temporarily suspend the election process in two of Pabna's parliamentary seats amid a dispute over the revision of the constituency boundaries f... Read More


Tarique takes the throne: BNP crowns a new era under Zia dynasty

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has named Tarique Rahman its new chief, formally passing the torch to the next generation of its founding family. The scion of the Zia legacy a... Read More


Police 'bar' devotees from annual urs at High Court shrine

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- Police have allegedly barred attendance at the annual urs at the shrine of Shah Khaza Sharfuddin Chishti, located next to the High Court, devotees have said. Police, however, said th... Read More


Suspects infiltrated Osman Hadi's campaign to 'disrupt election': chargesheet

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- The murder of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi was carried out to "obstruct" the parliamentary election, according to a chargesheet submitted by investigators. The charg... Read More


Fine-grain rice prices amount to fines, vegetables pile on the sentence

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- The arrival of BRRI-28 rice in the market despite old stocks has failed to ease prices, with finer rice varieties rising by up to Tk 5 per kg within a week, while coarse rice prices h... Read More


US border agent shoots and wounds two people in Portland

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- A US immigration agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon, authorities said on Thursday, leading city and state officials to call for calm given public outrage ove... Read More


3 die as bus crashes into parked truck in Ctg's Mirsharai

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- Three people have been killed after a passenger bus crashed into a parked truck in the Baroiarhat area of Chattogram's Mirsharai Upazila. The incident occurred in the Gumghat area of... Read More


EC begins hearing 645 appeals against nomination rejections Saturday

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- A total of 645 appeals have been filed with the Election Commission (EC) against returning officers' decisions on nomination papers for the parliamentary polls. The five-day submissi... Read More


Former police officer, 5 others arrested over 4,081-gram gold robbery in Chattogram

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- Police have arrested six individuals, including a former police officer, over the robbery of gold bars worth 4,081g in Chattogram city. They also reported recovering gold bars worth ... Read More


Colombia president warns of 'real threat' of US military action

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has warned that the country is facing what he has described as a "real threat" of US military action, following recent remarks by US President Donal... Read More